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For tho Temperance Crusader.
The Curse of ArcMniides.
“Come, uncle Toby, do let me persuade
you to try some of this old Madeira, this
evening.
Bill, my boy, not any for me, I have
forsworn the use of it——yet i have seen
time when I would pledge you, to quote a
little from Horace, ‘not one but twenty cups
of old Falej’nian.’ ”’ .
“Tohv ‘Whitehurst turned Puritan ! raith
Toby,” said old Jack Turner, who, by the
by, was never known to make wry 1 T9 es
over his bitters, or refuse a treat when otter
ed bv ail acquaintance,“Fnith, I obv.;l have
seen the time when no one loved his •hah
and half’ with abetter relish than yourself.
F “Yes,” said uncle Toby, musing, “there
hangs a tale.” . ,
‘•A stow from uncle Toby, a cried
a dozen voices; “come, let’s have it.”
“Weil, boys,” said uncle Toby, whose
f or t s was story-telling, “here’s at you with
out any fnither preface.
“It was not a great while ago, toot the
firm of Hudg'n, Wells & Johnson, of tins
city, of which house I was head clerk, de
termined to send me on i, voyage to the
Phil:pine Islands;—the -peculations into
which they had entered so extensively, de
manded at Manilla the presence of an agent
well acquainted with the business of the
firm.
‘•The good ship Arabella, Stockton, mas
ter, on which I had booked myself for j>as
sarre, was not'lied to sati foi th,it port next
morning at sunrise.
“Highly elated with the prospect o! twen
ty thousand dollars in perspective, for which
sum I had agreed to remain four years at
Manilla.’! sought and found just such a clev
er set of fellows as is congregated here to
■night, the wine circulated briskly, and
now let me Slave the magic tapestry ot the
Arabian Knuihts on which to transport my
self to Siciily.
“Syracuse was taken, the city of Hyer
onvnins was ours, the frightened inhabit
ants were feeing in every direction. Strong
men, gentle women, inoffensive children
were indiscriminately butchered wherever
met.
‘•Mud with the excitement of the scene,
and incited by the hope of plunder, I observ
ed a small octagonal building standing by
itself alone on a hill—to enter was bit the
work of a moment —an aged and venerable
man was the opiy occupant of this strange
F ■-.! 1 . , J'i df
“llow now, old man, what means these
instruments —inventing new Batista for our
d-tstrue’ion ’•—worning sorcery ?—-by, the
Gods, vour paltry life is not worth a ssster
tium”’
•Soldier, I have heard that the Roman is 1
generous as-'he is brave; give me but until 1
half;lie'sand in yon hour glass is runout,
tfenlake my life. I only wish to perfect a
discovery which will benefit mankind —as
for Are hi mid es, he wishes no longer to bve
since he has seen his country laid waste by
the hands ol a foreign enemy.”
-Enraged at the coolness of the old man,!
stabbed him. when, yielding up his last,
breath, he invoked Apollo that*! should live
until fulureßges should bring 1 * to light that
for which he had vainly asked art my hands-,
halfaif hour to perfect—that my file should
be a burthen—ton- pursued by conscience,
I should wander the earth always—a pest
to myself and the na 1 ions who receive me.
“AnoHo heard the old man’s prayer-—an
ombmue peal of thunder from the lew. gave
1 of assent, the ovv! flapped ids funeral
wmin mv face ands knew that, the curse
was upon me.
in amazement I fled from the building
into the streets of die deserted city, which
at few hours before were filled with the
intrrlnied legions of MnroeJlus. now desert
<l by every liv'ng thing save myself and
the t ub ails that preyed upon the bodies—
bodies vibch but lately contained hearts
dial beat ::igh with hope and ambition, that,
throbbed as the smile el* beaut v gave nerve
U> ike arm and strength for the contest—-
r w lying cold in death, a feast for unclean
scavengers. •
“Rec kless of whither t Went, the third
night saw me on the seashore, the moon was
‘mining brightly, shedding a soft influence
-re: die face of nature.
“Lc eking over .the sen, I saw a small skiff
containing a female figure, robed in gar
ments of dazzling white, put off from the
shore, A solitary boat was lying near ; to
leap into it and follow after her was but the
work ‘d a moment. In my blind pveeipi
i ues'. I had not observed a figure seated in
she stern sheets—as the wind filled the can
vas'. it caused to he revealed to me the form
-•'4 an apparition, the remembrance of which
even at tins day causes iny blood to run
cold.
-There, under the cold rays ofthe moon,
its long, grisly.-finger pointed at me. sat a
hideous, ghastly skeleton —from its grinning
mouth issued a charnel miasm, sickening,
honible—in its eyeless sockets burned a
strange phosphorescent light which seemed
to consume the very marrow in my bones,
nd t:i> rowing the boat, the phantom caused
iho our to cleave the water with silent
tioke. with the other band pointed at me,
he yihbered the ‘curse of Archimides.’
“Oh conscience ! how stern, how merci
less art thou, even pursuing the evil-doer
urn the remotest coiner of the earth—far
preferable to have been lashed with the scor
pions whips ofthe Furier than thus to have
keened to ih scold appeal to the morp.l judg
ment. Remorse a hell within the bosom, a
•worm that dieth not, a fire that is not
quenched v
“My iij sl impulse was to leap from the
boat, b h . peil-bounri fascinated by the in
fernal glare of those burning orbs, I had lost
the power of motion.
“As we swiftly followed in the wake ot
ihe other-boat, neither gaining nor losing
dbounce, I saw that the female held in her
band a pa: chme> t scroll, and that her coun-
bathed in’ tears. • Was she too
making expiation for some horrible crime?
Toe Angel of lime st.ll continued to mow
down the nations ol the earth; long centu
ries iiad passed away, and with the exrep*
;ou of ni vself and the mysterious female,
ail seemed changed, the spectre boat had be
come worm-eaten, the nails corroded, the
copper bolts covered with the rust of
n g es „green slimy moss covered even the
form of the skeleton phantom, but looking
back in the shadowy vista of former years,
I could remember that those eyes had k>*t
none of their hellish glare. n
“The boat still kept the waved the queen
of night still sat in her chariot, holding the
same place in the heavens where, wo
sand years ago, she had reined her steeds.-
All was night, eternal night; and in its deep
silence, airy voices were whispering me al
ways of Death, of murder, ot the power of
conscience. I could hear them in every
breeze that fanned my temples, or. swept
over this world of wafers —was I in the land
of spirits? t A
“I had noticed that wherever the Phan
tom went, disease followed. I saw this at
Smyrna, at Malta, at Paris, at all the large
cities throughout the globe. Even Rome,
imperial Rome, my own seven hilled city,;
escaped not. I was at London whan the
Plague cut down its thousands. I was at
Patis and saw the cholera king stalking
through the mourning city, and saw. him
grin a sardonic smile as the crowded hearses
and their loads of festering corpses passed
by. I was at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
every place where disease can make death
hideous.
“I remember that after long ages, I miss
ed the boat and female figure. We were
rapidly nearing the seashore, the same from
whence over twenty centuries ago, 1 had
embarked; the power of the skeleton seem
ed gone, he could not guide the frail bark,
which neajTtjj; and nearer approached the
breakers. ‘ :
“Far overhead on a projecting cliff. I saw
the female figure, but no longer in tears, no
’longer dejected ; —her countenance now
beamed with a celestial glory, brighter,
brighter than any creation of the poet’s fan
cy. A radiant iiaio surrounded her head,
as we see in pictures of the beatification of
the Holy Virgin. The Genius oflnvention
stood revealed. Slowly unrolling the fatal
scroll of parchment, she tore and cast its
fragments on the sea—instantly the boat
went to pieces, the spectre, with an unearth
ly yell, went over into the sea, making its
waters iiiss, and I knew that Destiny had
released me from the‘curse.of Arehimides.’
“How long I would have continued to
dream I know not, when awakened by Sam
bo, I found myself under the tabie, in just
I the situation i had fallen the previous night,
j the :.un was shining brightly and boom,
; the report of that cannon told me that the
’ Arabella had cleared port. The firm, piqued
I at my apparent carelessness, procured an
j other agent afterwards, and here am I, a
| Chatham street cierk, forty-five years old
j and starving oil a salary of seven hundred
doifais, when but for my friend Heidsick, I
might'nave been a rich man.
“Am I not right in renouncing the rue of
intoxicating liquors V’
Muggins threw the stump of his cigar i
the fire and looked reflective. 11. C. M.
Oh, Sing to Me.
j ■ BVFI Nin JOB S SON.
Ob, sir:g to me, ruv own .beloved.
Th it sweet and she pie strain
j That I hare treasured to my heart
| Throughout long years of pain!
For Its clear tones recall to w
The joys of bygone dUy,
* hen hope’s bright sun lit up the
Os happy childhood’s ways;
Ard, as I hear its soothing notes.
My mind goes wandering,
And once again I tread with joy
Sweet childhood’s fairy track.
Oh, would that vre, ray own In-loved,
Could woo again tho shade _ -
‘Where in the halcyon days of youth,,
Our wandering footsteps strayed I
Oh, would that we Could sit beside
The dwarfish mountain streams,
. And mirror as’in days of yore
Our future go’den dreams
But ah, alas! wo only now
Their memories can bring,
And soothe the soul with melting tow*
Os “prigs wo used losing.
—— ~-
Home and Woman.
Our homes—what are their corner-alone
bat the virtue of a woman, and on what
does social well-being rest but in our homes?
Must we not. trace all other blessings ofciv
• illzed life to the doors of our private dwell
ings? Are not our hearth-stones guarded
by holy forms, conjugal, filial, and parental
love, the corner-stone of church and state,
more sacred than either, more necessary
than both? Lpt our temples crumble, and
capitals of state be levelled with the dust,
but spare oar homes? Alan did not. invent,
and he cannot improve or abrogate them,
i A private shelter to cover in two hearts
dearer to each other than all in the world ;
high wails to exclude the profane eyes of
every human being; seclusion enough for
children to feel that mother is a holy and pe
culiar name—this is home; and here is th*
birthplace oi every secret thought. Here
‘•he church and stale must come for the’V
origin and support. Oh I spare our homes.
; The love wo experience there gives us our
j iaitit in an infinite goodness; the purity and
i disinterestedness of home is our. foretaste
j and our earnest of a better world, hi rela
tions there established and fostered do we,
find through life the chief -o]ace and jov of
existence, tv hat fi lends deserves the name
compared with those whom a birthright
gives us? Our mother is worth a thousand
friends! our sister truer than twenty inti
mate companions. We who have piaved
on the same hearth, under (he light oft lie
same smile, who date back tfl the same
scene and season of innocence and hope, in
whose veins runs the same blood, do we not
find that years only make more sacred and
more important the tie that binds? Cold
ness may separate, different spheres may
divide, but those who can love anything,
who continue to love at all, must find that
tiie friends whom God himself gave are
wholly unlike any we can choose for our
selves, and that yearning for these is the
strong spark in our expiring affection.
The £angh of Woman.
A woman has no natural’ gift more be
witching than a sweet laugh It is'like the
sweet ound of flu-es on the water, it leads
from her in a clear, sparkling riff ; apdthe
heart that hears it feels as if bathed in the
cool, exSiilarating spring. you ever
pursuecHm, unseen fugitive through trees,
led on b* a4wry laugh, now here, now the**,
now loft, now found? We have And we
are pursuing that watering voice to this
Sometimes, it comes to us in the- midst os
care, or sorrow, or irksome business, and
then we tuna away and list#*, and Hear it
ringing through the room like a silver bell,
with powerto'seare away the evil spirits ot
mind.
How mulch,we owe to that sweet laugh!
It turns the prose to poetryt it flings show
ers of sunshine over the darksome wood in
which we are traveling ; it touches with
light even our sleep, which is s no more the
image of death, but is consumed with dreams
that are tfleshadows of immortality.
— ’ ‘l'iii. -gu'g-.
Hjtf fcmpcrancc Ctusakr.
JPENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday, Morning, August 28, llW
fsjgr*Rev. Ciaibem Truesell, of AtUos*. id
autborizod Agent for the Crusader.
Liberal Offer
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Stop Papers.—Sett)* Arrearages.
Porsoos erdoring their papers discontinued, must
invariabiy pay, up all thoir dues. We shall not
off any subscriber's name who is in arrears.
Grand Ledge, Knights of Jericho.
‘Mr. Editor’; —Allow me to state through your
columns, that fiie next annua! session of the Grand
Lodge of Knights of Jericho, for the State of Geor
gia will hold its annual session, oc tha second Tues
day n next month, September. ‘ t
ft is very desirable that ail the Lodges ‘ in the
State should he represented, and I earnestly request
of them to proceed to the election of delegates as
provided for by the Constitution, and let not the
interests of the Order suffer, because of the stipine
n ess and apafiiv of its members. Yours fraternity.
g. w. c.
: Our Difficulty at Cotoosa Springs.
Jn view of the interest manifested by our friends
in bur,recent misfortune, and of the many incorrect
reports circulating through the country in
to it, we h and sateoded (at the suggewtion pf others,)
writing out a slatem- nt of the difficulty; but we
find a full account is the .“ Atlanta Examiner”
which we believe is strictly accurate, as it is the
satrie we give, ar.d which every other person gives
who saw the attack, or at the Springs at the
and vh transfer the account to our columns.
The whßr. affair was a shameful, painful and ri
diculous one, for we certainly did not intentionally
offend our antagonist, aed had he Exhibited the Qn-it
outline of* gentleman and made it known to us that
be felt aggrieved at what we had said in fun and
good humor, we a gentleman would have felt
bound b\ftvcry moral obligation and gentlemanly
principle to have given tmy tho hwhjbUet apology,
notwithstanding we had msde * puLlfe. apology, to
ai; whom we had included in our impromptu wr-
We want'-nly wound no manta feelings;—-hut
without giving us the slightest intimation of hfa in
tehtion, and selecting the must Inappropriate place,
(vrhereMie la lies were passing from dinner) ho ut
taeked us m the meat uagentlemanly, brutfil audyew-;
ardlj manner, —with stick and pistol.
It is perhaps appropriate to state that . Bynum,
before leaving, sent us his regrets and uncondition
al apologies for his conduct, begging us to accept
them,’ and b;ip§ unwilling to disturb the peace of
the visitors, and aefitsg. under the advices of older
heads, w? had no left but to receive the
apbio-dew. wh)eh ws did, but at the same time sta
ting. that we considered the attack an unpardonable
and cctcgrdly aeeault, Ws do not then entertain
the fiostiio feofihgs toward this man that we would
towards''an honorable enemy; his apologies have, in
a measure, destroyed our (hirst for revenge,‘and we
only comraiserafe with others who witnessed the
outrage his utter destitution of prituiplf,
chivalry s,rA bravery.
We are under Seating obligations to all our
friends for their interest and u ; during
our confinement, ;n*i eepeciahy do ve retneasber
with grateful'feeling* Drs. Paul f. Eve afxiX.ng, for
thek kindness. >;
The Assault on Mr. Seals at Cotom
Springs.
As ilio .country is filled with cxeilenie tby t.beat-. (
tack upon Mr. Seals, Editor of the Terapefuncc Qr.u
wtder, it is proper that a correct account of it should
be circulated, and having been.present at the time,
and with Mr. Seals during hi coniineinent, and fa
miliar with him before, I herc.eive a correct state
ment of the difficulty. While Mr. Seals
a popular’a ; r, at the earnest solicitation of a large
number of visitors, he made several original verses
as hp sung, %nd-in them nicely touched off several of
the moat prominent “jokea” of the season. Tficver
ses wens received tvith rounds of applause. In one
of them ho included a Gen. J. G. Byaurr from Chat
tanooga, and a ybune lady, to whom hia devotion
was ao palpable that it became a theme of remark
for every visitor. But before Mr. eieale concluded,
be heard that the brother of tiffs young lady had ta
ken exceptions at the mentioning of bet name; and
as soon as he (Mr. S.) htsirff of jt, he arose and sta
ted to file audience that he was very sorry to fearn.
that one of his verses hd given offence, a.nd that he
desirv ; to say to tfff, that he meant 0® disrespect,
oor intended to give pfience to any person or per-
whom he hud included in thp verses he
sung. Wbercupqn the feryther of the young lady,
very gentlemanly expressed himself .perfectly satif
fled The annoqocqnjent that any one had taken
offence perfectly astonished every one present. And
they thought again that if any anp had taken excep
tion, certainly Mr. Seal#’ apology was satisfactory-
This wi4B before dinner. After dining;, Mr. S., was
sitting in the piazza talking to some friends thinking
of no attack, when Mr. Bynum witlfia pistol in one
hand and a large htefiory canw in tho other,
up to him stating thki he naff used his name ip a
couplet, and without waiting for a reply, began to
deal blows upon his head..
B„ is about six fecj six inches tall, heavy built,
weighs about gOO l’b. aid was perhaps superior in
strength''to any person at ‘tha Bpriugaf Mr. Seals ia
a small, thin, weakly man, n appearance—nht men
than a third as large; and having nothing at all do
defend himself Against so large a mah, ho was soon
overcome. Only three blows, however,, took effect
on Mr. S., one on the head which was partly wafded
off, and two on the. arm. He was carried to a room,
and his wounds were dressed by Drs. PauJTv Eve and
Long, who pronounced them nothing serious, fie
was confined to his bed some two or three days,
where he received every possible attention, and by
carrying his arm in t slutg h* arM f 9oo h* 1
oqtagatxv /f
wsm Vm -MpD sesiimetit fiu*>ajrbout th*- tu
au'tb* saMrot, which was that It w*s ’h
lowest, meanest. w*o*t dastardly and (MHcardly Qfsunli
ever yoiumitted upon a. maw ; this Was the
language of ail, old asd young, little and % white
and black. ■ I.
The indignation ‘.d the crowd- was treuaejidotm.—
l&Mij young men were bent on taking hR life —
were for bo: so- wnipping him, Tho proprietors
t&ady out ins bill and were about to start hitn from
tho premises. A petition stated the
to have him foau tb various
mm 4 were vuoooctvd for punishing hita, but be left
of Isis offn accord Just soon as he could get off.
The ladies Wore feudrsly .indignant, add refund
to associate with or him. Mr. Seals r*-
ffeived ibe unanlmou'i sympathy of even’ viitpfi for
conduct whi’e ft? the Spring*, and I|*S public
apology for tho innocent offence which he had giv
en, proved Him to fee a perfect geutieeuan, and one
nndeHervifig of such brutal treatment. He has not
seen hia antagonist sirvfto the assault, and bis prayer
was, fer tfia vise of him. arm that he might avenge bis
wrongs. -,i ■ A VISITOR.
Mentai Labor.
Mo hind of labor is oto little among
l;fib fef optxtkin as that of tlw- atnd. Tbry
to tobsider every result of mental
effort, as either very trifling, or wry easy to aceopt
plbdi. One rtiujwju fp this is that there is no stan
dard or data, by which we way estimate tfe- amount
of mental labor in any given rasa. We, can exam
iuo any structure and arrive at a very just ronclu-
th? amount of physical lab(.r ex
pended in Its erection. “ Wo can analyze it, and esti
mate the skill and ingenuity neoesbsufy for the forma
tion of each part And by. the s>* rue process of rea
soning wo might form very just idvo. of the labors
and difficulties to be andergona in building a similar
■Structure,-and of the time .and carltal it would re
quire; but it is far different with the labors of the
toind. We seidom if aver, have any criterion by
Which to judge of the amount of offorv expended up
on* literary production. An author may some
times, by an almost involuntary atsfcise of genius
produce a work which shall -vm for hiiu laurels, of
unffying .tame, while years of toil u*ay be spont in
the production es one in every respect its inferior,
. But a notion has obtained greatly among men
generally, that mental lher is trifling and insignifi
cant as compared with physical. It is from this
cause chiefly that it is so much underrated. This dis
position net unfrequently causes people to rob man
of his just deserts. Men who eftp readily compre
hend the effect which disease produces on the physi
cal system, how it paralyses its energies, and unfits
it for active business, never think for a moment
that the mind is equally variable in its temperament,
andßß much affected by change; that it Is incapa-
ble at times of performing ft task, which at others
it‘could-accomplish almost without effort. They
geetn to forget that the mind ig as wi’oject to weari
nese, fatigue and disease as the body. Hence they
expect a uniform and invariable standard of merit
in* every jnontal effort. Kvery essay tmiri; manifest
the same depth of thought, Ob-t same beauties v>f style,
and elegance of expression, -.-very speech must be
equally chaste, sound and eloquent And if they
fail in fulfilling these gbsurd expectations, they are
charged with carelessness, i a difference, or want of
energy. Men often judge- han hly and unjustly with
out thought; fer it requires but a. moments reflec
tion tp ftonvi ce any of ug that “U Is v*in to hx>k
iri.timn f r thaw mau.” *
A Merry Heart
‘ , - “Jog oa, jog on, tho ioot-path way
And Oierily pass the feiilv-a,
, ■ ■ A merry heart goes all the way,
A sad r.m tiros in a toile-a.”
What a blessed thing i.s a tanry heart in this
woj'id, whero there is so much to weary, to mortify,
to grievfj. It opens to the individual Well-spri :?gs of
jov, which ne tqisfprtune, no adversity ca take
away or destroy. Giooro and ferk cfouds pnaf gath
er around, but tho marry will dispri the dark
ness, and spread around it a porpeloai light. The
tired spirit may journey through a hot desert waste,
but the ruerry h'-arf tvill strew many a swyet flow er
along its burning solids. It -diffuses its influence
upon ail with whom it eoitm m contact, and can
even win a smite from the desponding misanthrope.
The anchorite's cell, hid away in the’ wilderness
atiiid rugged snountaiaH and bleached hills, would be
a spot df boauty with a merry heart for its occupant.
“Faint heart never won fair lady,” is an old adage
full of truth and beauty, which has descended tu us
from the days of chivalry. We might say, with
equal truth, that a ssd heart never undertook, or
succeeded iu any great design. A spirit bowed
down by oppression which a morbid imagination has
produced, never performed noble feats of valor on
the field of martial glory. It requires a sunny spirit
to meet th® fierce waves of adversity and quel’ thorn
“in'placid impotence before him. It must be a cheer?
fill, contented poind, which rise!* t those lossy heights
where genius loves to soar. Grief or despondence
would be like lead upon the cagieV wing, holding,
it down to earth.
: Cherish a merry heart Ls-i the waves of gladness
eWiitinually bound forward, in freshness and beauty
lrke the.surface of a summer sea. Drive aw ay with
a breath of joy each cloud of sorrow which would
sqttki on thy brow. Anguish, gri**C. and trouble
must ‘-©me; but still cheerily look aloft. Defy their
force, and they will flee before you, or prove helping
angels, tq assist you forward in your journey to a
world of, happiness and jcy. Then no longer will
you think that Life is
; “A poor player
That struts and his hour upon th sh^re
Abd tfien is heard na map*,”
but that A
/ “It is real, it is earnest
And the grave fe not its goal* •
“Mfsg— * , a lady of high intellectual en
dowments, woj selected as the fair dortor. Miss ———
discoursed eloquently upon thtb urgent necessity for:
tho united efforts of the conservative men of this
brd*d find to rally to the standard of the National
Democracy, in stlppqrt of Buchanan and Breekcn
ridge; and that the principles of the Democratic par
ty carried qut, wore tho only safeguards against fa
naticism, and vroqld p ?ircot a disruption of
this great Republic, and restore peace (hroufltoqt
our country’s wide domain.”
This clips the climax of anything w* have seen,
bearff or experienced, fn the way eff leap year feat*,
ami proves it to be indeed a fine institution. The
Ladies have hitherto been silent, if not indifferent,
respecting politics. They fc*ve sometimes played ,
the* gallant to bashful young (hen, aud with refined
politeness, acted aft thoir escorts to and from, places
of amusement. They have on rare occasions ven
tured to plead publicly the cause of their violated
rights before a promiscuous audierw;®. These things
may do. But whe wo Had her In a political meet
ing, rt'is very evident that she has entered a pluce
for which‘she was neither designed or fitted. The
worhf ia'ccFtaitfiy running mid on the subject of
politics. Men who have been ordained and set apart
to preach the pure gospel of Christ, have become
atroet politicians, and converted the temple# of the
Must High into earthly Pandemonium* wbrro Bigot
ry and Fanaticism hold their uuhallowwl revels.—
But there is a greater fWt #*#• thlfl, ffccn wo
■ I y. nu | IMW , - ‘
ojuio ae*-**ds, ‘<rw’ tb to* <Je*t dignity ©f retirement
t mingle in liifc vxcitftmv-Tst of political j
strife. ; . 1 .*
Tb? Temperance Ctnventioa.
Tfp.o woefcs since ore i?Jd before our readers the
Minutes of tb* JVuJperanee Convention lately con
vened in. Atlanta. The fri**ndg ©i the cause have
now so *ppor(uwty to review its course, and pas
their sentiments up-Mj tfo- u>c • .>/ us actions In j
doing this, coror *-o n*£ f. r graUklfon,
satrve for‘regret, We rejoice to koo > that the
meeting was harauuafous; that there *i im sub
ject introduced i* ! their ie’iberotiorns calculated
to beget unfriendly dajruasion, or engender strife.-
It gives us pleasure to h*kr that th- •> was a deter
mination uuon the part hi sh tbv tnouiber* to t ress
forward; that ibwrar was no talk of retrograde
movement Aii see-ra**! to te-el that n*t stronger po
sition cPuld be foued by foiling back.
But while the** things give us pleasure, there arc
some things which create emotions ot it contra--
ry nature. One of th** s*9 tha'v tte- weeting
was so very thtnij attended. Ou’y twelve i*ounties
were represented at all, and tr- m .-onn ot these,
were ottiy cue or two d-l g-aU*. Fnia bet nit s a
greater. luk* narrstness on the part ot f mperanr.-
men than we had Ti&tf reason to snap* cl & e die p t,
it is true, espent ur;d*r the ciroujnstances a very largo
attendance, hut we looked for a. greater manifestation
of interest than was shown. A small .user how
ever does not diminish the efficiency of * m*--ti /,
jrri to find omy a iVw where w expected v meet
many, throws a dampovor the spirit which no sen-**
of duty-e*“ arongi into enthusiasm. Another source’
of disappointment *© us •*.* the failure to tukt- any
action with reference to the employment of ft Lctu
rt.e. This was a subject which aec deserv
ing the- chief at onUon of the Convention, an I we
felt the most confident, assurance that they wuld at
least discuss the.,practicability of the matter. We
can form no correct estimate of the amount of good
which might he accomplished by an a bit, eloquent
and and. voted Lecturer. Even thus- whom we have
bad did much, though tbvr*- were ( w whose talents
commanded respect, and florae, with a glaring in
consistency, did not practice what they f aught.—
There is one groat advantage possessed by a Lectu
rer over the very ablest publication which could bo
produced. Very low openly intemperate persons
will over read a Temperance paper nr trace. 3 hcv
throw them by contemptuously, with the sneering
remark that “it is the axiu<=-oI * tale,” or “they know
it ail by heart,” but in reality afraid to read an ar
gument which they cannot refute Consequently
-their converting influence must He small, and n
- indirect in its operations. But people wilt
dock to hear a speaker whatever roar be bis princi
ples or doctrines. Many will go untutored by preju
dice, and convicted by th* force of truth, will turn
.from tb<- errors of & way, of the dangers yf which
they were previously ignorant
Notwithstanding these causes of disappointment,
we arc sanguine in Use hope that the meeting of the
Convention will be productive of much good WV
trust that it Created a flame at w high each toil-worn
veteran relit the lamp which had almost dud out
amid the dark gloom of despondence. If ach is
inspired with anew ardor, and will go forth jealous
ly striving for our faith, ;> how of promise will soon
span our horizon, pure and bright *u that which
hyng over vrorid just emerging frost an angry
waof waters- *
Why T
Young man, can you assign one pioria sound rea
son why you fe dissipated? That you are so, you
nwed not deny. That, heavy, Jauguid, blood-shotten
eye; that deep red blush upon your cheeks proclaim
thes&d truth as clearly as your tongue could speak.
Your hays arc spent iu slothful idleness, with au ut
tei- indtflhrunce to the task which your duty to your
self and to society would require you tr, porfono.-r-
Your nights arc a c-nt in disgraceful-revels amid the
dark haunts where vice and folly hold their court;
and when the tqeek-eycd, dewy worn has appeared,
you creep forth from vour hole of infamy, to spend
•soother day of indolence and unoatur-sl slumber.—
But perhaps you have not gotten so fir down the
hill You arc merely % fast veung man, a “blood/*
by which very uncouth epithet, you intend to imply
That your father was either rich or honorable, nei
ther of which qualities is likely to be perpetuated in
hie graceless offspring. Your ambition is to spend
with lavish hand the wealth which your father toiled
to make, to dance, to k**p always as near intoxica
ted as politeness requires, and in all things to act the
fashionable'exquisite. The dictate?; of reason, com
mon sense, and morality have no claims upon your
obedience. Your footsteps wander as far from any
coursejwhteh they may prescribe, as you can po?*;-
bly make them. The only rule of action is your own
will, and your whole life is continual gradation
from sin to sin, from folly to folly. But why are you
thus rushing on in a way, which u moment’s reflec
tion would teach you is filled with perils, and leading
direct!> ? tv certain ruin? Do you think in this man
ner to win admiration or respect? Perhaps you are
led on by a foobsh desire for notoriety. You would
glory in the reputation ot’ being a wild young man.
Ah! pause, wjll you, and consider what biaring
such a name will have upon your future destinies.-
■The time will come when this exuberance of youth
ful spirit will have ceased, when you have tired in
vour wild hunt after pleasure. Then with high as-
ipirations, you will plan nobly, labor earnestly, and
wish for a good character to carry you forward in
your undertakings. Think you that the foul lepro
sy which dissipation has wrought will fall from you
*t your bidding; that you will not. Tike the Syrian
Chief, have to purlfv yourself by many ablutions in
the Cleansing flood. It will require a greater sacri
fice ever than that. You must, toil patiently without
ceasing,- for long years, to win from the world that
hbnfidence which at first jt would have yielded verify
out Yfeservation. You must weep in abject humility
from the dark pit into which vice has thrown you,
and beg of society its forgiving love. This is your
fate, if you reform;. You may go on, fill a drunk
ard’s gravy, ‘‘unwept, ■ uahonoffld and unsung,” and
find your home in the realms of eternal wo. Why
then are you indulging in dis*?ptifio!i V Are you not
aware that it is sapping vour constitution, and will
soon bring yaa to an untimely grave? Do you not
know that It is slowly but steadily putting out the
light of conscience, and preparing you for th?
of tho death which never die*. . * ‘
The Educational Journal.
We have received tho first number of the above
named publication, published a; Forsy th, G*., and
edited by R. T. Anbury and \Y. C. Wilke*. It pro
sent* a very handsome appearance, and from our
knowledge of the men, we entertain bo doubt that it
wfll be cogd-wted with marked ability. We gi ve to
these worthy *ons <*f Mi*rco?a m©st cordial vt vfoopMi
iDto tht rank* of the corps editorial, and wish them
much success and happiness in then? r.ew vocation.
A journal of the kind which they propose to ©stab
lib tv vavy tnffh ovedod, and wo hope will mt
wilh n liberal onftour&gem&ut irom th* people of our
Suite. At is pj every Saturday at , yeei
in r-dvanee. *
jlre iliinisftliexs Igu^fsuai?
Are all RufirsfloUeis ignorabt? Such tc injferenat
might seem nature’, in try* d?-.y when tbu moral tur
pitude attendant upvii ti.e buriaesa is sq a <J! kto* n
and ftp'generally cua<j-.h%i Tbs tum-s when the
i Jearuing mui ticop tb*v<l pi‘Ay us u Jof...
may he found ongagod in r. tr-itßc sinful m arte
deui'M-anzing in U?*T now s-ass-K-;, ‘i ju*
diariuctjc.n between right and wrong in nil the prur.-
ti■ of : buftuieaS ul life is tvO dearly marked, for at, v
one to vr therein. Men do not laU liquor bwxusu
they think It right, or 3>ocasi{ they do not know’ it
to l*-u wrong. >v c gr.'tnt /catty of them are oct dov
sessed of knowledge, hut < b-r* arc still more of tbom
void of priru-ip! .-. Every --ratiinent of their moral
nature !• biuuted, or eutirely and strovvd by ihn love
of gain. They will murder mau with their p<Mson
ous drugs, atei'jrijvided they get'their-pay, will
cara rjiittie for his death, as they would ft*- that <a
a hog, No, it ii o.oi ighoratieo which makes ©an
a Kurrtvidie-r; if. is atwumess, the mjc rvckl.-.sj dis
regard for the right* of other* which inspires the
midnight a.-i Ac.-in, yr thu highway >T C t. aft .
seen the gra.iua.ts ut* a. Cu’iege engaged in the hell
ish task of dealing ou* draughts of distilnd ?iamna
tion tfstlfo miaguMwj wretchi** wfco crowded hij,
bar.
The knowiedgo which Lo hsd gained was employ
ed to iO‘*re surely- decoy his unsuspecting victims in
fo his deadly snare. For gold, h.< had sold his sympa
thy for his race, hi* conftcior.ee, and every noble, ff.
ncr feeling of the aouL Ho ‘-an chuckle over hiailk
gotten gains, tho price of widow** mourning? and
orphans tears, with a savage delight at which halt
fiend?* would shudder. And yet oar legislatorn will
protect and sustain thefto brntalized murderers of
soul and body, with that insulting reply to all our
calls for aid, “use moral suazhn.” We will ijgo k,
with succ-as, when we fld morn! icings upon
whom to try its efficacy. But when wo hfcvo lyings
in human form, io whom evry pass ion, feeling, or
thought has been destroyed, but the* lore of liquor
and ibe love of geld, we demand tho uss'atanco of
Law. *
B#ok Table.-
Edinburgh fieciew. The repoblicaiio&a of L.
Scott it Cos., arc- always prompt and punctual in mak
ing their appearance. The July number, which ift
now before us, piesents the following table of con
tents : 1. Sir G. C. Lewie on the Credibility of Ear-
Ip Roman History; 2. The Diary of Genera] Patrick
Gordon; 8. Growth of the Map of London; i. Ssm
ue l Rogers; 5. Cavallier and the Gamisards; *3. The
Coins of Greece ; 7. Heinrich Heine ; 8. Supreme
Courts of Appeal; ?. Remains of William Archer
Butter; 30. Memoirs by Sir R. Poe!- The Catholic
Question; 11. Great Britain and the United State*.
As this is the commenromout of anew volume, it
ip. a favorable time to begin sew ftubacriptiODs.--•
Price SB.
The Home Magazine, edited by 7. 8. Arthur and
Misa Virginia F. Towofteud, is one of the beat family
journals published in this country, price $2.
Hyperion Scltoel.
I he undersigned having been appointed a Commit
tee to attend the First Annual Examination and Ex
hibition of the “Hyperion Schoo*,’’ under the con
trol of A- R. Callaway, and Bev, T. N. Rhodes
Associate, submit the following
REPORT.
The Hyperion Schoo! is located in Mori wether
county, two miles west of Greenville, Ga., in & beau
tiful and rural district that strongly reminded us of
the Arcadian Groves of Classic Greece* . A mo*t
lovely place tot building up a permanent institution
of learning that shall be free from all Uje vice* ip4
unwholesome influences of a Town. The Sehoqi
consisted of about thirty young men and lads pursu
ing the various branches of an English and Classical
education.
The classes in Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry and
I rigonometry, ah therQs?-v r eg in the most
creditable Hiannsr, evincing a thorough atid accuiate
understanding of the principles and their practical
applications, over which they had passed during' the
session. In this department we feel confident that
the pupils have received laborious and attentive in
struction from their faithful nad accomplished in
structors.
Much was a'so done in tho department of Englieh
Reading and Vocal Culture : and the Teachers de
-BerTfc Praise for their past effort*-—hut we can
not pass over this part of the very interesting.
cises without remarking thau in our opinion, much
n,yr ° /• romains to be done. To make a good read
tr, i? so important a part cf every young man’s echo,
Lsuc -ran ng, that rtqch cannot be said in it*
favor. Under the present system of teaching, where
Mathematics and Ancient Languages occupy so much
of the pupils time, ton frequently we find the
or classical scholar but an indifferent reader of Lis
own language. This should not be so, and wo pf<y
diet that m the Hyperion School this department
will continue to receive tho attention it go just do
serves.
In the classical department ,ve found the varioM
clafscs m Virgil, Horace, Cicero, Herodotus and Ho
mer, (although the most severe ieste were applied to
sound the depth of their scholarship and the firm
ness of their self-reliance) tver ready with prompt
and accurate responses and even derirona of court
ing opposition from .the committee.
Tn taking our leave of these highly gratifying man
ifestations of tho eminently successful nature of a
school conducted on tho independent principle, free
from all partisan influence and inefficient director
ship of unqualified Trustees, w e would assure the
Patrons of the Hyperion Schoo? that’ tve found *tho
pupils eager for instruction and tho Teachers both
ready and hilly competent to minister to their urifti
bt! wants. And tv® would respectfully suggcsf ta
h'icg within a reasonable distance of this young
but vigorous institution, to cherish it with that devrv
tion that should characterise a people fully awake
to their greatest public and private interest.
Nothing better serves tv keep alive brotherly love
and to send tortb a pure and harmonious influence
in a community than a School of tliift character. Sus-.
ier then no personal animosity, no partizan strife, no
sectarian views to divert your united strength from
the support of an enterprise so noble, so meritorious,
so permanent in its influence.
M, I*. KELLOGG, College Teuupla.
H. DAVIS, Newnan Seiuuaary.
v ‘m. SLATON, Oak Bovfery, Ala.
W. T. HARRIS, Greenville, Go.
have offen been surprised, on
the Y\ of the larger dealers in drugs, in
cur principal to sea \hv irnmuns.- qunti(ie|
of \h<m very popular tnedioines, Al’Lapy’ii pdt
©bruted I erm’.fugq and Liver Riils, piiud up on theia
floors, their very beautiful labels and the clean, neat
boxea, make a highly imposing appearance VV'e
think Fleming Bros, of Pittsburg, whs a#© tfesoHMh